Letters to the Editor

Hi Bob:

I enjoyed your insights on Military training and the South West Asia action. The one thing you forgot about Military Trainers is the effective use in training of the AAR—After Action Review. When something does go wrong in training—and that is where it should go wrong, not in the field—a good trainer stops the action, or waits until the action is completed, then reviews what went right and what went wrong. The trainer is never afraid to discuss and analyze what went wrong and praise what went right. Training time is the time to learn and we can learn from our mistakes, if we take the time to reflect. REFLECTION is the key to ADULT and soldier learning.

David A. Loebach Ed.D.
LTC USA (RET) 
Process Analyst / Trainer
Bureau of Training and Development
Springfield, Ill.

To access the story referred to, click here for Out of the Ugliness of War.

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